Intolerant religion in a tolerant-liberal democracy / Yossi Nehushtan.

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Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Principle of Tolerance -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. THE DEFINITION OF TOLERANCE AND THE RIGHT TO BE TOLERATED -- III. THE COMPONENTS OF TOLERANCE -- IV. TOLERANCE AND GRUDGE -- V. TOLERANCE AND POWER -- VI. CONCLUSION -- 3. The Limits of Liberal Tolerance -- I. INTRODUCTION: PERFECTIONIST LIBERALISM AS A STARTING POINT -- II. THE LIMITS OF TOLERANCE: RECIPROCITY AND PROPORTIONALITY -- III. WHO IS THE TRUE INTOLERANT ONE? -- IV. CONCLUSION -- 4. A Tolerant-Liberal Democracy

I. THE COMPETING POLITICAL THEORIES II. THE CASE AGAINST NEUTRALITY -- III. A PLURALISTIC-LIBERAL STATE OR A TOLERANT-LIBERAL STATE? THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF TOLERANCE -- 5. The Theoretical and Empirical Links Between Religion and Intolerance -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. THE EMPIRICAL FINDINGS -- III. THE THEORETICAL LINKS BETWEEN RELIGION AND INTOLERANCE -- IV. IS THE CO-EXISTENCE OF RELIGION AND PREJUDICE PARADOXICAL? -- V. CONCLUSION -- 6. Accommodating Religion by Granting Conscientious Exemptions: Is Religion Special?

I. ACCOMMODATING RELIGION BY GRANTING CONSCIENTIOUS EXEMPTIONSII. CONSCIENTIOUS EXEMPTIONS AS AN EXPRESSION OF TOLERANCE -- III. IS RELIGION SPECIAL?: FIVE POSSIBLE ANSWERS -- IV. NEUTRAL APPROACHES -- V. EQUAL REGARD APPROACHES -- VI. LIBERAL VALUE-BASED APPROACHES -- VII. PRO-RELIGION APPROACHES -- VIII. ANTI-RELIGION APPROACHES -- IX. CONCLUSION: IS RELIGION SPECIAL? -- 7. Conclusion -- I. A SHORT INTRODUCTION TO THE CONCLUSION -- II. WHY AND WHEN THE RELIGIOSITY OF A CLAIM FOR ACCOMMODATION OR EXEMPTION MATTERS -- III. AND A FINAL CONCLUSION

"This book aims to examine and critically analyse the role that religion has and should have in the public and legal sphere. The main purpose of the book is to explain why religion, on the whole, should not be tolerated in a tolerant-liberal democracy and to describe exactly how it should not be tolerated--mainly by addressing legal issues. The main arguments of the book are, first, that as a general rule illiberal intolerance should not be tolerated; secondly, that there are meaningful, unique links between religion and intolerance, and between holding religious beliefs and holding intolerant views (and ultimately acting upon these views); and thirdly, that the religiosity of a legal claim is normally a reason, although not necessarily a prevailing one, not to accept that claim."--Bloomsbury Publishing

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